POWERFUL: #Eagles WR A.J. Brown talked about nearly taking his own life, a couple years ago. 🥹 “Just because I play this beautiful game, doesn’t mean life’s not gonna happen to me to… I encourage everyone to seek help when you’re down” (Shriya Saini)

A person contemplating suicide reaches out for connection, in the way they know how to. It’s not always in a way we recognize. We need to learn other ways to see people & recognize pain. It starts with ending the stigma surrounding suicide & openly talking about it. #StopSuicide

Representation matters🙌🏽

Leaving this here. 👇🏾

New Blog 🚨𝙎𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨-𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙨k “I don’t want to die because I teach. I don’t want to use a tourniquet. I don’t want to be a human shield knowing I would.” #linkinbio

As a generation, we have a responsibility to address this concern for the next generation. What actions can we take as a society to prevent our children from perpetuating this cycle of incarceration? #endtheschooltoprisonpipeline

We can’t always know the struggles our students carry with them into the classroom. But we can change how we respond to their behavior. By offering attention, kindness, and a different approach to learning, we can unlock their potential and give them the respect they deserve.

How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime ted.com/talks/nadine_b…

By age 3, children from low-income families hear 30 million fewer words than their wealthier peers. This word gap significantly affects their literacy development. It’s time to close the gap and give every child the chance to succeed! ️ #NationalLiteracyMonth

The BOND Academy, the premier academic conference of the spring, is back! We’ll share more in the coming weeks, but—since we sold out last year—we want to give you a chance to get in early! Repost and tag people who should attend! bondeducators.org/bond-academy-2…

I told my son, an expensive car does not reveal the driver’s wealth; often, it hides a deeper poverty.

The 4 'S's of human attachment. Students need to be seen, safe and soothed in order to feel secure.

If you want to fix the criminal justice system, fix kindergarten If we want to stop the cycle of crime, we must do so by investing in the promise of our youth through education.

Our prisons are full of adults with childhood trauma who the system let down.